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All vessels arriving yesterday in Part Jackson reported encountering terrific weather off the New South Wales coast on Saturday and Sunday last, and were all more or less severely handled. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The returns of the rainfall yesterday were from the eastern half of the colony. A few scattered places were having showers at 9 a.m., and during the day light showers fell at Sydney and at one or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Kallatina, from Sydney, experienced the full force of Sunday's gale, only reaching here last night. For the comfort of the large number of passengers aboard the boat was kept under easy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The arrival of the steamer Burrumbeet, of Hudddart, Uarker's line, last evening adds further interest to the record of experiences among vessels on the coast during the recent heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The 4000 tons steamer Warrigal, another of the overdues, came in early, bearing sea spray scars plentiful enough. From the waterline to her funnel tops she was smirched with crystallised spray…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Among other over-sea vessels which made this port yesterday, after long and perilous passages from Melbourne, was the Lund liner Warrigal. Although the Warrigal and the Fifeshire were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wind and rain storm which raged so violently on Sunday was practically over yesterday, and winds generally were working back to north. There was certainly a heavy swell still on the coast, and rain fell at a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Tekapo, of the Union S.S. Company's line, met with the full force of the recent gale off the coast on her trip from Devonport. The captain describes the weather as the roughest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barquentine Pendle Hill, from Napier, was another arrival in port yesterday, and like most of the other vessels which put in an appearance reports a most trying time in the gale on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"No news is good news" was applicable yesterday, for everybody expected to hear something of fresh wrecks. That easterly gale which had driven three vessels on the coast would not be appeased…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Mann, instructed by Messrs. Thompson and Nott, appeared for the plaintiff, Walter Frederick Gale; Mr. Knox, instructed by Mr. W. G. Parish, for the Mount David Gold-mining Company, No…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further evidence of the severity of the recent gales off the coast has been given by the report received late last evening from the captain of the steamer Tekapo, to the enect that when 65…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the case of an ordinary sale, shipping masters don't make a groat fuss about the way their vessels behave. It injures the sea-going reputation of a boat to dwell to any extent upon what might…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BUNGENDORE, Wednesday.-The most disastrous flood ever known here occurred last night, It bad been raining from Saturday until Monday at 9 a.m., when it cleared up. Over 3½in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Paroo mail, which arrived this evening a day and a half late, brought reports of a phenomenal rainfall and floods on the Momba run. The rainfall on the Paroo-road was about an inch and a half to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hawkesbury at Windsor is still rising, though slowly, for the water is spreading over a very extended area of flat country. South Creek is also spreading itself out, and the place for miles around…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river to-night is 30ft. and at a standstill. It rose steadily during Monday night and spread over the darms at Phoenix Park, Narrowgut. Pitnacree, Raworth, Potts Point, Morpeth, and met the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river and flood waters are slightly falling. The rain is holding off. WISEMAN'S FERRY, Tuesday. The strong current in the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Further rainfalls are again reported from the south-western districts in the direction of the New South Wales border, and also in the western central districts, while Rockhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The alteration of the entrance of the Pioneer River at Mackay, due to the recent flood, has attracted much attention. The new channel has 3ft. to 4ft. more water, with a width of 300 yards…
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